Homeowners are increasingly willing to give up an ultra-low mortgage rate and hit the market, a new Intel survey finds.

1. Elon Musk and Sam Altman are about to face off in court. Is an impartial jury even possible?  CNN
2. Musk vs. Altman: Tech CEOs head to court Monday over fate of OpenAI  NPR
3. Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman head to court in high-stakes showdown over AI  AP News
4. Can Sam Altman be trusted? Elon Musk wants a jury to answer Big Tech’s hottest question.  Politico
5. Musk Drops Fraud Claims Against OpenAI  The Information

Compass is not retreating from antitrust warfare, America Foy writes. It is choosing its targets according to whether it can defeat them or negotiate with them.

1. Self-organizing 'pencil beam' laser could help scientists design brain-targeted therapies  Phys.org
2. Self-organizing “pencil beam” laser could help scientists design brain-targeted therapies  MIT News
3. MIT scientists turn chaotic laser light into powerful brain imaging tool  ScienceDaily
4. A self-organized pencil beam that can be used for fast volumetric imaging  Nature
5. Gaussian beam v. Pencil beam (IMAGE)  EurekAlert!

1. Self-organizing “pencil beam” laser could help scientists design brain-targeted therapies  MIT News
2. MIT scientists turn chaotic laser light into powerful brain imaging tool  ScienceDaily
3. A self-organized pencil beam that can be used for fast volumetric imaging  Nature
4. Gaussian beam v. Pencil beam (IMAGE)  EurekAlert!
5. ‘Pencil-beam’ Laser Images Blood-brain Barrier 25x Faster  Labcompare

Inflation is sucking the life out of teacher pay raises, report says  NPRView Full Coverage on Google News

1. Musk vs. Altman: Tech CEOs head to court over the fate of OpenAI  NPR
2. What's at stake in the Elon Musk-Sam Altman trial  NBC News
3. Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman head to court in high-stakes showdown over AI  Chicago Tribune
4. Musk vs. Altman: A High-Stakes A.I. Clash Goes to Court on Monday  The New York Times
5. Can Sam Altman be trusted? Elon Musk wants a jury to answer Big Tech’s hottest question.  Politico

1. Scientists search the microbiome for clues to the rise in colorectal cancers  NPR
2. Rectal cancer deaths rising up to three times faster in specific age group, study finds  Fox News
3. Young Adult Bowel Cancer Deaths Concentrated in One Group, Study Finds  ScienceAlert
4. Her cancer ‘nightmare’ at age 29 reflects a trend driving UCSF’s new clinic  San Francisco Chronicle
5. Rectal cancer deaths rising rapidly among millennials: 'It's a medical crisis.'  NBC News

The longed-for market recovery still seems uncertain. Get caught up on the latest predictions and learn to make the most of every opportunity.

1. Ask the Meteorologist: When, where you should look for Monday's Atlas V rocket launch?  WRAL
2. Live coverage: ULA to launch 29 Amazon Leo satellites on Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral  Spaceflight Now
3. Watch Atlas V rocket launch 29 Amazon internet satellites to orbit today  Space
4. SpaceX Falcon Heavy scrubs, but Atlas V may be visible along East Coast  Florida Today
5. Rocket launch may be visible in West Palm Beach, Lake Worth Beach. See map  The Palm Beach Post

Home Depot isn't waiting for buyers to walk through the door anymore. Its retail media network is now integrated with Reddit and Pinterest, reaching people in the research and inspiration phase, long before a transaction is anywhere in sight.

1. ‘It’s going to be a circus’: Inside Mike Johnson’s grueling week  Politico
2. Hill GOP braces for ‘nightmare week’ as pressure mounts to end DHS funding standoff  CNN
3. Mike Johnson faces "hell week" as Republicans defy Trump  Axios
4. This week on The Hill: Lawmakers head into ‘hell week’ with FISA and reconciliation 2.0  The Hill
5. House GOP has an impossible week  Punchbowl News

1. Intel’s Budget Wildcat Lake Chip Beats Apple’s MacBook Neo by 27% in Multi-Core, Matches A18 Pro Single-Thread Performance  Wccftech
2. This could be the Windows 11 laptop to finally challenge the MacBook Neo, powered by an Intel Wildcat Lake CPU  TechRadar
3. Intel "Wildcat Lake" Outruns Apple's MacBook Neo and Its Successor in First Benchmarks  TechPowerUp
4. Intel’s Wildcat Lake Breaks Cover, A Leaner Laptop Chip Trims CPU And iGPU For Efficiency  Qoo Media
5. Wildcat Lake: first concrete appearance in a laptop  Overclocking.com

1. Intel’s Budget Wildcat Lake Chip Beats Apple’s MacBook Neo by 27% in Multi-Core, Matches A18 Pro Single-Thread Performance  Wccftech
2. This could be the Windows 11 laptop to finally challenge the MacBook Neo, powered by an Intel Wildcat Lake CPU  TechRadar
3. Intel's Reference "Wildcat Lake" Laptop Mimics Apple MacBook Neo with Aluminium Body  TechPowerUp
4. First Intel Wildcat Lake laptop spotted in the wild, geared to compete with MacBook Neo — features an aluminum chassis with 11W fanless mode  Tom's Hardware
5. Intel’s Wildcat Lake Breaks Cover, A Leaner Laptop Chip Trims CPU And iGPU For Efficiency  Qoo Media

1. Intel’s Budget Wildcat Lake Chip Beats Apple’s MacBook Neo by 27% in Multi-Core, Matches A18 Pro Single-Thread Performance  Wccftech
2. This could be the Windows 11 laptop to finally challenge the MacBook Neo, powered by an Intel Wildcat Lake CPU  TechRadar
3. Intel's Reference "Wildcat Lake" Laptop Mimics Apple MacBook Neo with Aluminium Body  TechPowerUp
4. First Intel Wildcat Lake laptop spotted in the wild, geared to compete with MacBook Neo — features an aluminum chassis with 11W fanless mode  Tom's Hardware
5. Intel’s Wildcat Lake Breaks Cover, A Leaner Laptop Chip Trims CPU And iGPU For Efficiency  Qoo Media

How Compass International Holdings supercharged its growth — and what that means for consumers.

1. China Blocks Meta’s $2 Billion Acquisition of AI Firm Manus  Bloomberg
2. China Orders the Unwinding of Meta’s Acquisition of an A.I. Start-Up  The New York Times
3. China blocks Meta's acquisition of AI startup Manus  CNBC
4. China to curb US investment in tech companies, Bloomberg News reports  Reuters
5. Beijing blocks Meta acquisition of Chinese AI startup Manus  Reuters

1. Mali’s Defense Minister Killed in Attacks by Islamist Insurgents  The New York Times
2. Mali attacks: Russia's Africa Corps confirms withdrawal from Kidal  BBC
3. Tuareg Separatists Join al-Qaeda Affiliate in Coordinated Attacks Across Mali  Democracy Now!
4. Defense chief is killed as jihadis and rebels seize towns and military bases in Mali  NBC News
5. Mali in turmoil after insurgents seize towns and kill defence minister  The Guardian

In this episode of Real Estate Insiders Unfiltered, Ryan Thomson, also known as “The Assumable Guy,” breaks down how this strategy works and why it’s making a comeback right now.

1. Military spending surges in Europe and Asia, pushing world to levels not seen in 16 years, report says  CNN
2. Global military spending hits record high  The Hill
3. SIPRI: Record arms spending, again  DW.com
4. Global military spending rises 2.9% despite US decline over Ukraine freeze  Reuters
5. India now 5th largest defence spender! Expenditure rose to $92bn in 2025 amid global arms race  The Times of India